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Jazz for Borneo
By YK Samarinda
Label: Yk Samarinda
Released: 2015
Track listing: Leleng; Borneo; Midnight in Samarinda; Aliens; Paris Barantai; Forfoza; Song for Hudoq.
YK Samarinda: Jazz for Borneo
by Ian Patterson
Ethnic fusion jazz is a term that has gained currency in Indonesia in recent years and is typically applied to bands who incorporate elements of Indonesian folk music--melodies and/or instrumentation--into a jazz-fusion aesthetic. The four-piece YK Samarinda from East Kalimantan, Borneo, falls into this broad category; its use of the sapeh (or sampeh)--a traditional lute originally ...
